John Bowring, L.L.D.Proof.
Drawn by C.A. Du Val. Engraved by J. Stephenson.
Published by Mess.rs Ackermann & Co. London and Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Manchester, Oct.r 21st 1844.
Mixed-method engraving. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), blind stamp of Agnew's Manchester, with large margins. Uncut. Foxing in margins
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 46347] £360.00
Published by Mess.rs Ackermann & Co. London and Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Manchester, Oct.r 21st 1844.
Mixed-method engraving. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), blind stamp of Agnew's Manchester, with large margins. Uncut. Foxing in margins
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 46347] £360.00